Ghost job. I applied and a few weeks later I was contacted by the recruiter via email. She told me that the position could be remote which was great because I don’t live in IL. She also told me that the salary I requested she could give me an additional 10k and she also warned me the company was being bought out but compliance shouldn’t be affected. So I moved forward with the interview process. I interviewed with the manager, he told me I did great, we had similar experience and that he rates me a yes. He also told me I was the top 5 out of 40 people and they had to narrow it down to 3 candidates for an offer which sound like great odds to me. He wanted me to interview with 2 of his peers. What I didn’t like is I found out his 2 peers would not be people I would work with at all so not sure why their opinion mattered. Anyway I interviewed with them, one of them was very cold and seemed like she was disengaged like her time was being wasted. The other lady wasn’t bad. I sent everyone thank you emails. A month goes by and I get an auto rejection. And a few days after that they reposted the job…Months went by and they reposted the job again. So I figured out they were never hiring to begin with it was all a joke.

I had a phone screening with an HR employee before being invited to the official interview. My interview lasted 3 hours--during this time, I had a group interview with the team I would be working with, an interview with my would-be direct manager, and an interview with senior management (in that order). After my last interview, I was given a tour of the facilities. I received an offer the following morning.